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Jodie Lynn Talbott and Kirk Douglas Pelt were married Sept. 11 in St. Philip Lutheran Church, Mount Dora. She is the daughter of Marlene Talbott, Astatula, and William Talbott, Potomac, Ill. He is the son of Jean Pelt, Astatula, and George Pelt, Mount Dora. After a wedding cruise to the Bahamas, they are living in Astatula.

To friends and family - well, to almost everybody - George Maris Talbott was "Mr. Celery King. " He also was known to stretch the truth a little, telling stories about being born in a celery field in Sanford when actually he was raised in a house on that field. One of his favorite things to eat was celery and peanut butter. He and his wife, Ouiola, traveled the world searching for antique celery vases to add to their collection of about 50. Some of those vases, serving dishes that kept celery upright, date to the 1800s.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Lemmen Sr., Orlando, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie Linn Talbott, to Ronald Carlos Perez, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arencibia, Orlando. The wedding is planned for early summer. The bride- elect graduated from Coopersville High, Marne, Mich. Her fiance graduated from John Jay High, New York City, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City.

There is no truth to the rumor it is all in the wrist action and that Steve Talbott is all thumbs. Arm wrestling is a lot more difficult, and Talbott is far more talented.Talbott, 31, of Winter Park, used his skill to capture a world arm wrestling title in Sweden two weeks ago. He had to come out of the losers' bracket and beat seven competitors to win the light-heavyweight title.For 12 years Talbott, who runs an avionics lab for Cessna, has been perfecting his craft on the pin pad. It was after Talbott was clobbered at a county fair in his native Michigan that he got so involved with arm wrestling.

When her children were little, she was the mom who was the Cub Scout pack leader. As they grew, she could be seen cheering on the sidelines for her children. And when they moved out, Nancy Rich Talbott's energy didn't wane. Through the years, Talbott became known in the area as a devoted volunteer. She had an infectious personality that brought out the best in people, her family members said. She was one of those people who made you want to live life at 100 percent, her eldest grandson once said.

THE VILLAGES -- Most new high school athletic programs understand there will be growing pains. Wrestlers thrive on pain. "We know what we need to do," said Tom "T.D." Talbott. "And we're doing everything we can do to move in that direction." A year ago, Talbott became the wrestling coach at the Villages Charter High School. The new school had started its athletic programs with the more traditional sports -- football, basketball, volleyball and baseball. Wrestling -- well, wrestling just happened.

BOCA RATON -- The state's ethics commission has found probable cause that former police Chief Andrew Scott might have broken the law when he ordered a friend released after an arrest last fall. The commission also is looking into whether Scott broke the law when he ordered an officer to stop a local contractor for a Miami-based television reporter to conduct an interview. Scott and the commission could agree on the allegations or he could ask for an administrative hearing in front of a judge, commission spokeswoman Helen Jones said.

JOHN W. TALBOTT, 74, 4767 Squires Drive, Titusville, died Saturday, June 13. Mr. Talbott was an electronic employee for the government. Born in North Carolina, he moved to Central Florida in 1976. Survivors: wife, Juanita; daughter, Diane Lamae Holman, Clearwater; son, John Richard, Dallas; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville.

Stung by the recession and a string of scandals, the ACORN community activist organization has found itself shutting down in many of the communities it once worked to empower. Brian Kettenring, a spokesman for the national organization, said no new clients are being signed up while the group conducts an internal investigation. The freeze comes as ACORN has been closing offices across the nation. Dozens of branches, which helped low- and middle-income clients with housing, jobs and navigating government aid programs, have been closed, including those in Chicago, Salt Lake City and Omaha, Neb. Kettenring said the closings are mostly because of the poor economy and have become more frequent in the past year.

BOCA RATON -- The wealthy developer whose assault on police led the former Boca Raton police chief to resign in 2006 landed in jail this week after another brush with officers. Gregory Talbott, 53, was arrested shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday in Boca Raton and charged with battery on a law-enforcement officer, driving under the influence, resisting arrest and refusal to submit to a breath test. An officer found him disoriented and slumped over in a 2006 Bentley, police said. When police tried to get him out of the car, he grabbed officers' arms and erupted in an expletive-charged tantrum, police said.

WEST PALM BEACH -- A wealthy Boca Raton developer pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a police officer last year. County Judge Sheree Cuningham gave Gregory Talbott one year of probation and ordered him to undergo a substance-abuse evaluation, take an anger-management class and perform 10 hours of community service. Under the deal, Talbott is barred from Luna Pazza, the restaurant where the incident occurred. Police said the confrontation broke out Sept. 24, 2005, after the manager asked an intoxicated Talbott to leave.

BOCA RATON -- The state's ethics commission has found probable cause that former police Chief Andrew Scott might have broken the law when he ordered a friend released after an arrest last fall. The commission also is looking into whether Scott broke the law when he ordered an officer to stop a local contractor for a Miami-based television reporter to conduct an interview. Scott and the commission could agree on the allegations or he could ask for an administrative hearing in front of a judge, commission spokeswoman Helen Jones said.

Martha McCarthy sometimes still hears whispers and giggles when she toes the starting line. Even when she cannot decipher the words, she can divine the subject. Her Rubenesque shape. Onlookers, she says, "get those preconceived notions that [I] need to lose some weight or that [I'm] going to have a heart attack." But her ticker's just fine, so the giggles no longer bother her. Besides, McCarthy enjoys the last laugh. True, she may not be svelte, and may not ever finish first, but finish she does.

When her children were little, she was the mom who was the Cub Scout pack leader. As they grew, she could be seen cheering on the sidelines for her children. And when they moved out, Nancy Rich Talbott's energy didn't wane. Through the years, Talbott became known in the area as a devoted volunteer. She had an infectious personality that brought out the best in people, her family members said. She was one of those people who made you want to live life at 100 percent, her eldest grandson once said.

A woman, her daughter and three young grandchildren were shot and beaten to death in a Dayton home and police Saturday charged with murder a man who lives at the address, authorities said.Three other children in the family were hospitalized in critical or serious condition after the slayings Friday night that police say apparently were spurred by a domestic dispute.Police said it appeared that all of the victims had been shot and some had been beaten.Samuel Moreland, 31, was charged at noon Saturday with five counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.

THE VILLAGES -- Most new high school athletic programs understand there will be growing pains. Wrestlers thrive on pain. "We know what we need to do," said Tom "T.D." Talbott. "And we're doing everything we can do to move in that direction." A year ago, Talbott became the wrestling coach at the Villages Charter High School. The new school had started its athletic programs with the more traditional sports -- football, basketball, volleyball and baseball. Wrestling -- well, wrestling just happened.

BALTIMORE -- Jill Talbott is the picture of the put-together mom: makeup, nice black sweater, khaki shorts, black sandals. Her 5-week-old daughter Emma, nestled in a pretty pink outfit, seems content in her stroller. But Talbott has brought this composed exterior to an overcrowded room in the depths of Greater Baltimore Medical Center only to explode the illusion. "She's been smiling all the time," Talbott, 33, says of her daughter to the room full of new mothers. "And then she throws up on me."